Earlier this week, Pyongyang described its "sincere gifts" as a retaliation for the propaganda-laden balloons sent into North Korea.
Earlier this week, Pyongyang described its"sincere gifts" as a retaliation for the propaganda-laden balloons sent into North Korea .
Late Sunday, the North announced it would stop its campaign, after scattering what it claimed was"15 tons of waste paper" using thousands of"devices" to deliver them. The North said it will now"temporarily suspend" its campaign, saying it had been a"pure countermeasure". South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said the balloons had been landing in northern provinces, including the capital Seoul and the adjacent area of Gyeonggi, which are collectively home to nearly half of South Korea's population.
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